Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierrewas a French lawyer and politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution, the defence of the Republic, and the Reign of Terror...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth6 May 1758
CountryFrance
blood may dawn
By sealing our work with our blood, we may see at least the bright dawn of universal happiness.
war struggle thrones
Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime.
war force invading
One can...never create [freedom] by an invading force.
justice terror secure
Terror is nothing more than justice, prompt, secure and inflexible.
bankers window
When a Banker jumps out of a window, jump after him - that's where the money is.
country kings dies
The king must die so that the country can live.
government republic foundation
The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation.
kings hands law
Peoples do not judge in the same way as courts of law; they do not hand down sentences, they throw thunderbolts; they do not condemn kings, they drop them back into the void; and this justice is worth just as much as that of the courts.
men sacred common
Food that is necessary for man’s existence is as sacred as life itself. Everything that is indispensable for its preservation is the common property of society as a whole. It is only the surplus that is private property and can be safely left to individual commercial enterprise.
people enemy republic
We must smother the internal and external enemies of the Republic or perish with it; now in this situation, the first maxim of your policy ought to be to lead the people by reason and the people's enemies by terror.
war enemy liberty
The revolution is the war of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule of liberty when victorious and peaceable.
hero government hands
It has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. Does your government therefore resemble despotism? Yes, as the sword that gleams in the hands of the heroes of liberty resembles that with which the henchmen of tyranny are armed ... The government of the revolution is liberty's despotism against tyranny. Is force made only to protect crime
revolution citizens want
Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution?
traitor softness
Softness to traitors will destroy us all.